THE East Lothian Courier was named Weekly Newspaper of the Year 2017 at last night's Scottish Press Awards.

East Lothian Courier:

Editor Robbie Scott collected the award at a ceremony in Glasgow hosted by the Scottish Newspaper Society.

He said: "I am absolutely delighted for our staff who give their all each week to produce the best paper we can for the county."

East Lothian MSP Iain Gray has today put forward a Scottish Parliament motion, congratulating the Courier and highlighting the "vital role" it has played in county life since its inception in 1859.

The winners were:

Front Page of the Year: Sunday Post, Hundreds of Orphans

Digital Team of the Year: Daily Record

Journalism Team of the Year: Sunday Mail

Campaign of the Year: The [Dundee] Courier, Frank’s Law

Scoop of the Year: Gordon Blackstock, Sunday Post

Reporter of the Year: Gordon Blackstock, Sunday Post

Nicola Barry Award: Dani Garavelli, Scotland on Sunday

Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Shields

Journalist of the Year: Gordon Blackstock, Sunday Post

Newspaper of the Year: Sunday Post

Young Journalist of the Year: Gurpreet Narwan, The Times

Weekly Newspaper of the Year: East Lothian Courier

Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year: Peter Ross, The Herald

Interviewer of the Year: Kenny Farquharson, The Times

Political Journalist of the Year: David Clegg, Daily Record

Columnist of the Year: Kenny Farquharson, The Times

Sports Columnist of the Year: Gary Keown, Scottish Mail on Sunday

Financial/Business Journalist of the Year: Greig Cameron, The Times

Feature Writer of the Year: Peter Ross, The Guardian

Sports Feature Writer of the Year: Aidan Smith, The Scotsman

Sports News Writer of the Year: Sean Wallace, Aberdeen Evening Express

News Photographer of the Year: Wattie Cheung, Freelance

Sports Photographer of the Year: Jane Barlow, Press Association

Outstanding Digital Journalist of the Year: Billy Briggs, The Ferret